Fishing-rod attachment.



No. 847,298. PATENTED MAR. 12, 1907.

' G. L.- SULLIVAN.

FISHING ROD ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 4, 1906.

UNITED STATES TENT FFIGE.

CHARLES LoUIS SULLIVAN, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIcNoR, BY MESNEASSIGNMENTS, or ONE-HALF TO MARY ELIZA BENNETT SULLIVAN, or

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

:atented Maren 12, 1907.

Application filed October 4, 1905. Serial No.281, 250.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES LOUIS SUL- LIVAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chicago, in the State of Illinois, have invented acertain new and useful Fishing-Rod Attachment, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates to fishing rods or poles and more particularly tomeans provided thereon for holding fish-hooks in a safe and convenientmanner when not in actual use. The objects of the invention are, toprovide a convenient device either fixed on or attachable to any form offishing pole or rod by which the fish-hook can be sccured and safeguarded when it is not in actual use, and to provide such a hook-guardof a form that can be readily attached to any kind of fish-rod or poleor may be integral with the pole at the first manufacture. I have showna preferred form of the device in the accompanying drawing and attachedto an ordinary fishing-rod such as used for the attachment of reels, andin the drawing Figure represents the handle end of a fish rod suppliedwith reel and having my hookguard attached thereto and the hook in placeunder the same;

Figure 2 is a cross section of the rod showing my hook-guard, and

Figure 3 is a plan of the hookguard in position with the hook thereonbut with the guard thrown open;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the guard alone, detached from theholding ring.

In the use of fishing rods, especially those that have a reel, in whichit is not desirable to leave the hook at the end of the pole, it hasfrequently been noticed that it is very inconvenient to leave the hooklying around loose which results in destroying good hooks and in greatdanger to the operator handlin the pole. For these reasons I haveprovided a means for drawing the hook and line down and fastening thehook in a safe place near the handle, where it can be easily reached,while the hook is not being used. In the accompanying drawing it will beseen that on some part of the rod or pole 5 I have provided a stud 6,around which the hook may be looped as shown in Figure 3 and this studis covered and protected by a guard 7, which is pivoted at 8, and haspreferably a depressed portion 9 fitting the top of the stud 6 to holdthe guard in place. The guard 7 also has a depending flange 10 which.will engage the side of the pole and hold it firmly in position, and actas an additional guard to the point of the hook. In the form shown Ihave mounted the stud 6 and the guard 7 upon a separate ring 11, which,as will be seen from Figure 2 may be readily applied to any form of poleor any place thereon. Otherwise, it will of course be understood that inthe original making of the reel and forming the pole parts, the stud 6and the guard 7 may be attached directly upon some fixed portion of thepole handle, being either integral or separable as may be desired. Inthe form as shown in Figure 2, the ring 11 with the free edges 11 may besnapped over any form of pole and may be put upon it at any desiredplace. In some instances it may be desirable to have this ring formed sothat it may slide backward and be adjusted somewhat in position on thepole as shown in Figure 1. It will also be apparent that other forms ofsupporting means than the clip shown might be used, as for instance, acontinuous band secured either rigidly or movablyabout the reel or poleat any desired point. The essential features in the invention, however,are the broad idea of provid ing upon the pole a holder and guard forthe hook when not in use.

Having thus described my invention and illustrated its use, what I claimas new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is the following:

1. A fish hook holder comprising a stud adapted to receive a hook, and aco-operating plate pivoted in position to swing over the hook on thestud in a plane at substantially l right angles to the axis of the stud.

2. A fish hook holder comprising a stud adapted to receive a hook, and aco-operating plate mounted in position to move over the hook and stud ina plane at substantially right angles to the axis of the stud.

3. A fish hook holder comprising a stud, a pivot adjacent thereto andhaving an axis parallel to the axis of the stud, and a plate mounted toswing on such pivots over the top of the stud.

4. A fish-hook holder and guard comprising a sleeve having a studthereon and a cover plate arranged to swing over the stud and guard. thehook, substantially as described.

5. A fish hook holder comprising a stud, a pivot adjacent thereto andhaving an aXis parallel to the axis of the stud, a plate mounted toswing on such pivot over the top of the stud, and means on the plate forreleasably engaging the top of the stud.

6. A hook-guard comprising a ring 1 1 having a hook retaining studthereon and a pivoted cover-plate provided with a guard flange and meansto hold the guard in place 011 the I stud or to readily release it toallow sidewise 1 removal of the hook, substantially as described. I l

7. A fish hook holder comprising a stud, a pivot adjacent thereto andhaving its axis parallel to the axis of the stud, and a plate having adownwardly extending flange at one edge and mounted to swing on thepivot over the top of the stud.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence ofthe two subscribed witnesses.

CHARLES LOUIS SULLIVAN.

Witnesses:

PAUL CARPENTER, ALBERT GRANT MILLER.

